K AT H ER I N E A. VAUGH N
Anderson, South Carolina 29626
E D UCAT IO N
Riverside H igh School D iploma
G raduate 1982
Greenville Technical College Property Management Certificate
Completed 1992
Upper State Apa rtment Association CAM I
Completed 1994
WORK H ISTORY
LAKE KEOWEE BLEN D I NG CO., L LC GREE NV I L L E, SC Janua ry 1997 to
N ovember 2004
Supervisor: Pat Burnette. Positions Held: Retail Store Manager, Merchandise Buyer,
Accounting.Manager Duties included: Inventory Control, merchandising, designing retail displays,
advertising, sales, negotiations with contractor and architect during construction phase prior to store
opening, daily deposits, preparing monthly financial reports, accounts receivable, accounts payable,
i nventory control system procurement, supervision of employees, cleaning of retail area, all phases of
advertising, and various other administrative duties as required by owner and supervisor.
TG M ASSOC IATES, L.P. TAYLORS, SC September 1996 to
J anua ry 1997
Regional Manager: Tana Thomas. Position Held: Property Manager. Duties Included: Day to Day
operations of a multi-family housing community including heavy involvement of total community re-
hab. Instrumental in upgrading marketing program such as brochures, site plans, new signage, model
apartment set-up, mini-models set-up, advertisement and leasing materials, collection of rents,
accounts payable, accounts receivable, established bad debt collections at property, securing qualified
staff for community, implemented monthly resident activities, operational supervision of maintenance
and contractors, weekly detailed leasing reports, monthly, quarterly & annual marketing evaluation of
market, preparation of monthly newsletter, and daily inspection of all vacant apartments to estimate
amount needed to make market ready. Initiated resident retention program at community where no
p rogram existed as well as elevating resident relations due to negative publicity from news media
reports.
REAL MARK CORPORAT IO N G REENV I L LE, SC Februa ry 1996 to
September 1996
Regional Manager: Joan Hart. Position Held: Property Manager. Duties Included: Day-to-day
operation of multi-family housing community of 192 units, instrumental in establishing annual
p reventative maintenance program, restructured marketing program, Planning of total re-hab of
community due to age and deferred maintenance, Established resident retention program, Resident
Relations, Collection of rents, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Operational supervision of
maintenance and contractors, all financial reports for month end, regional market analysis, leasing
and creating resident activity program.
Katherine A. Vaughn
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MA NPOWER I N TE R NAT IONAL, I NC. G REE NV I L LE, SC A ugust 1995 to
F ebrua ry 1996
Office Supervisor: Betty Traynham. Position Held: Accounting Clerk. Duties Included: Basic
general office duties as well as handling problems that may arise with processing payroll. This
position involved responsibility for computer bridge transmissions from sixty-one (61) field offices
t hroughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, correcting all bridge errors for these offices,
activation of direct deposit for all temporary employees in these field offices, activation of stop
payments of lost paychecks for all field offices, f loating for staff members which were out of the office,
phones, mail, ordering all office supplies and providing back-up documentation for accounts receivable.
F OOT H I L LS FAM ILY PROPERT I ES G REE NV I L L E, SC N ovember
1992 to July 1995
P resident: Robert A. Dobson, IV. Position Held: Property Manager. Duties included: Day-to-day
operation of 100 unit multi-family housing community, established preventative maintenance program,
marketing program, re-established a stable resident mix, planning total re-hab of community due to
age and deferred maintenance, resident relations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, collection of
rent, operational supervision of maintenance and contractors, financial reports for month end, regional
market analysis, leasing and maintaining annual occupancy rate of 90%, hiring and discharge of
employees as necessary, planning resident activities, received rent and coordinated maintenance
requests for two (2) other communities managed by same company.
EQU I P M E N T AND SOFTWARE EXPER I E NCE
IBM PC, AT, XT, PS2
AS-400
On-Site Property Management Software
Rent Roll Property Management Software
WordPerfect
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Excel
MRI On-Line Property Management Software
Peachtree Business Accounting Software
IBM Selectric Typewriter
10-Key Calculator